Edward Pfeiffer

Edward Pfeiffer (21 January 1895-13 June 1964) was a Brigadier-General of Poland who was a Home Army commander during World War II.

Biography
Edward Pfeiffer was born on 21 January 1895 in Lodz, Congress Poland, Russian Empire. He formed the "Collegial Self-Help" academic group, which illegally taught the Polish language and Polish history to students despite the Russian government banning both actions. During World War II, Pfeiffer was a Home Army commander and a Brigadier-General, and he was captured during the failed 1944 Warsaw Uprising. He was freed after the war, and he died in the United Kingdom in 1964.